Hopper, Dump O/O's & Drivers

I believe you never have to leave the elevator. moving dry corn from bin and dumping on ground into pile. Most years they have 2-3 guys doing this for most of harvest.

 

Thats same thing they do out at home ive spent many weeks doing that kind of work. They paid 65 an hour you transfered from elevator to ground pile. Never leaving property or having to get out of truck they ran traps for ya. We would spent 3 to 4 weeks in fall putn it out, and in the spring 3 to 4 weeks bringing it back in. That one harvest i made over $25,000 in 3 weeks with my rig. $500 in fuel lol.Those were the good ol days. Dad said they nearly done with harvest in south west ks. Was not good at all.

 

Glad to hear that your doing something and for good money. I rented my hopper out today for two days. Small town elevator south of me had problems with their new fertilizer warehouse and had a truck waiting to unload it's fertilizer and couldn't. They needed a trailer for temporary storage instead of making the driver sit and wait. I didn't charge them anything, just asking for future hauling.

My truck is taking a beating doing this oilfield rock haul can't wait to get back into hoppers full time.

 

Hauled 5 loads to Ethonal plant in IL earlier this week at about $2/mile (hard miles, no easy route) and back to harvest work at $75/hr. With the long load times and short miles to elevator I am figuring about $16/mile today. Hope it's not a short harvest.

 

So pulling my last load into ADM Farmer City, IL and they totally clustered it. So thinking I will be off the clock at 4:15, because some guy directed a bunch of trucks in front of me it looks like I will get another 30-45 mins of sitting.

Fine with me at $75/hour. I'll park my truck and sleep here with this pay program. Now, put me on a bushel rate and I would be having words.

 

I don't think the farmers around here would go for an hourly rate, especially that much. There are so many that have their own semis now, they would think at $75/hour we were just trying to get rich off them. Even though that's about what it comes out to on a good day of hauling for someone that has their act together and gets you loaded quick and not much waiting at the elevator. Or even a little more per hour. Its just that it puts the pressure of timeliness on the farmers to get the most for their money instead of the truckers getting shafted when they can't get you loaded quickly. Either way it doesn't make much difference to me, I've hauled so little grain this year when I've had the time to. Anyone interested in buying a 2009 Wilson? Someday I may not be joking...

 

Intested in renting it? I have a driver wanting into harvest but no hopper.